One of the keys to this prezi if that's what medium you decide to use, is adding graphs and pictures. I think that would help support your ideas and thoughts of cities and what has changed in them. It will also be easier to understand with more visual aids as opposed to you just simply telling.

Just an idea but you could maybe have your prezi be a outline of the skyline of New York with all of your points being within those buildings. Could be a really cool way to divide your points up in a visually appealing way.

What Adam said is a great idea, but also if there is anything pertaining to the buildings or infrastructure of the city, you could put that information in the actual building in the skyline. For example if you are discussing the Rockefeller Center, you could put that information in the Rockefeller building.

Ian, Adam beings up a great point. The idea of the digital presentation is to appeal to your viewers and get their attention and keep them involved. The more visual appealing things you do, the more interested they are and the more they get out of the presentation.

Thanks for the great insight guys! I dont know if i will be using the new york city skyline because surprisingly it has been far less affected by urban and deindustrialization. I thought about specifically targeting Saint Louis when it comes to this. By that I want to use a map of Saint Louis to show cause and effect, as well as some good videos and pictures.

Ian another little connection you could refer to is how the St. Louis arch was the gateway to the West, and now it seems to be an exit as well. It would be really cool since such a large portion of Mizzou students are from St. Louis, bring it home. Make the presentation very relatable and it will help readers see your side of the conclusion.

I think the first topic is by far your best choice so I think you made a good choice with your topic. Also visually like we discussed in other posts, this topic will give you a wide variety of visual options to choose from.